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Definition of Avoiding
1. avoid [v] - See also: avoid
Lexicographical Neighbors of Avoiding
Literary usage of Avoiding
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Confessions of St. Augustine by Augustine, Edward Bouverie Pusey, William Benham (1909)
"CHAPTER XIV On avoiding rash judgment LOOK well unto thyself, and beware that
thou judge not the doings of others. In judging others a man laboureth in vain ..."
2. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narratives by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1867)
"He makes those moves y columns, distant from each other, with a view f avoiding
the possibility of a collision of our wn forces, which might occur in a ..."
3. The Imitation of Christ: Four Books by Thomas (1877)
"Of avoiding of curious inquiry into the life of another. "Mv Son, be not curious,
nor trouble thyself with vain cares. What is that to thee? ..."
4. The History of England by David Hume, Tobias George Smollett (1825)
"Motives of the minister for avoiding a war—§ VII. Address to. the king on the
subject of the depredations—§ VIII. Bill for securing the trade of his ..."
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